For the first time, astronomers witnessed a black hole swallowing a neutron star, the densest object in the universe, in fractions of a second. Ten…
Tesla and Mark Twain
One of the best known photographs of Nikola Tesla is not a photograph of Nikola Tesla. Well, Tesla comes out, but behind, like behind the…
Mount Olympus: Curiosities of the highest mountain in the Solar System
Image credit: NASA What is the largest volcano in the Solar System? Mount Olympus, the highest mountain on Mars. Here the curiosities of the Martian…
The most curious beaches in Australia
Image credit: J.F. RED Australia is the largest island in the world and unsurprisingly it has a plethora of beaches. There are an estimated 10,000.…
This asteroid only needs 113 days to go around the Sun: only the planet Mercury goes faster
Discovering new asteroids roaming the solar system is not exceptional, we have millions of these small stellar bodies orbiting the sun and we have been…
Jupiter has winds of up to 1450 kilometers per hour
Image credit: NASA, Juno Spacecraft A team of astronomers was able to measure for the first time powerful winds in Jupiter’s stratosphere, the layer between…
SpaceX sends 4 tourists on a 3-day space flight
SEP. 15, 2021 SpaceX’s first private space flight took off Wednesday night with two contest winners, a healthcare worker and her wealthy sponsor, in the…
Scientific study discovers ammonia never detected on Neptune and Uranus
Scientists found it difficult to understand the formation process of these two planets, due to the lack of this component. Historically, scientists who study the…
Liquid organic molecules on Earth are solid, icy minerals on Saturn’s moon Titan
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, has revealed some of its mysteries: Two organic molecules that occur in liquid form on our planet are solid minerals on…
A PARASITE BLACK HOLE EATS A GIANT STAR FROM THE INSIDE OUT
It could be evidence of a rare type of supernova.Star swallowScientists may have discovered a rare and (frankly) disturbing cosmic event: a black hole that…